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ob•um•brant
(ob um′brənt),USA pronunciation adj. [Zool.]
- Zoologyoverhanging;
projecting over another part.
- Latin obumbrant- (stem of obumbrāns) (present participle of obumbrāre to overshadow), equivalent. to ob- ob- + umbr(āre) to shade (derivative of umbra shadow) + -ant- -ant
- 1820–30
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